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By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://www.videosift.com/member/MarineGunrock) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:39:43 -0700

Great post, but it's not vintage.

By def

def (http://www.videosift.com/member/def) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:38:05 -0700

where is the rest!

By slybri

slybri (http://www.videosift.com/member/slybri) — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:23:11 -0700

everyone should watch this video...even the French!

By jonny

jonny (http://www.videosift.com/member/jonny) — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:26:55 -0700

*nochannel *geek *history *documentaries

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By Mixaster

Mixaster (http://www.videosift.com/member/Mixaster) — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:37:25 -0700

Wow. I had heard bits of this, but Xerox really dropped the ball.

By 8266

8266 (http://www.videosift.com/member/8266) — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:46:04 -0700

An important bit of History.

By cybrbeast

cybrbeast (http://www.videosift.com/member/cybrbeast) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 05:26:41 -0700

Just goes to show the importance of having young people up in higher management, or at least listened to.
Pretty awesome stuff, just imagine how much further we'd be if Jobs had also thought of stealing Ethernet and email.

By budzos

budzos (http://www.videosift.com/member/budzos) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:13:26 -0700

Great post. I really love computer and video game history.

By budzos

budzos (http://www.videosift.com/member/budzos) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:38:58 -0700

Where did this post come from? I'd really like to see the entire thing.

By Spoon_Gouge

Spoon_Gouge (http://www.videosift.com/member/Spoon_Gouge) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:47:13 -0700

I remember the bit where Adele Goldberg refused to give the demonstration because it would give away Xerox PARC's work to someone else.

By arnor

arnor (http://twisted.videosift.com) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:16:46 -0700

It's from a PBS-series (in three parts) called "Triumph of the Nerds".. It's a great series, and well worth watching!

By Roofles

Roofles (http://www.videosift.com/member/Roofles) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:20:55 -0700

The movie "Pirates of Silicon Valley" also touched briefly on this...

http://www.videosift.com/video/Pirates-of-Silicon-Valley1999

By xxovercastxx

xxovercastxx (http://www.videosift.com/member/xxovercastxx) — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:09:51 -0700

More accurately this could be called "Where your OS really came from."

It's a shame, really. You have to wonder where we'd be now if Xerox upper management had their priorities in order. PARC was 10-20 years ahead of the times depending on which technology you look at; Ethernet LAN, WYSIWYG, WIMP GUI, laser printers, InterPress and OOP; and Xerox abandoned the project because they were afraid computers would destroy the paper business.

By spoco2

spoco2 (http://www.videosift.com/member/spoco2) — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:20:40 -0700

Don't you just love management

By Nexxus

Nexxus (http://www.videosift.com/member/Nexxus) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:14:37 -0700

What?! No Xerox tag? These guys can't win.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:18:52 -0700

Tags for this video have been changed from 'PC, Computer, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Geek' to 'PC, Computer, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Geek, xerox, parc' - edited by dag

By jonny

jonny (http://www.videosift.com/member/jonny) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:27:47 -0700

*dead

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:27:47 -0700

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By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:49:38 -0700

Awarding rasch187 with one Power Point for fixing this video's dead embed code.